vossyz
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Q: "local items" keychain problem

Every time I log on to my MacBook Air a box will appear saying something like CalendarAgent wants to use the "local items" keychain. My normal password doesn't work and hitting cancel only brings up a different box and I cant get them to go away. It always has the "local items" keychain part at the end but each box says different things like cloudd, accountsd, cloudpaird etc.This is extremely frustrating and my Mac is pretty much useless to me right know.

 

Thanks to anyone that can help!

MacBook Air

Posted on Jan 25, 2016 4:30 PM

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Q: "local items" keychain problem

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  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Jan 25, 2016 7:43 PM in response to vossyz
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    Jan 25, 2016 7:43 PM in response to vossyz

    Please take each of the following steps that you haven't already tried, testing after each one. Back up all data before making any changes.

    Step 1

    Open the iCloud preference pane and uncheck the Keychain box. You'll be prompted to delete the local iCloud keychain. Confirm. Then re-check the box. Follow one of the procedures described in this support article to set up iCloud Keychain on an additional device.

    Step 2

    Triple-click the line below on this page to select it, then copy the text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination  command-C: 

    ~/Library/Keychains

    In the Finder, select

              Go ▹ Go to Folder...

    from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You may not see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return. A folder named "Keychains" should open. There should be a file in that folder with the name "login.keychain". If there is also a file iwith the name "login_renamed_1.keychain", then please do as follows:

    ☞ Rename login.keychain to "login-old.keychain".

    ☞ Rename login_renamed_1.keychain to "login.keychain".

    You can then close the folder. 

    Delete the login keychain from the keychain list in Keychain Access. Choose

               Delete References

    when prompted, not Delete References & Files.

    Select

              File ▹ Add Keychain...

    from the menu bar. Add back the file now named "login.keychain". If any of your needed keychain items are missing from it, also add back the file now named "login-old.keychain". I suggest you transfer any needed items from that keychain to the login keychain, then delete it. The transfers are made by drag-and-drop in Keychain Access. You'll need to enter your password for each item transferred.

    Quit Keychain Access.

  • by vossyz,

    vossyz vossyz Jan 25, 2016 8:17 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Jan 25, 2016 8:17 PM in response to Linc Davis

    I cant even begin to try step one of because the system programs becomes unresponsive right away. Is there anything I can do to fix that or what do you suggest? Also I started step 2 but there was not a file with the name "login renamed keychain". So does that mean step 2 wont work? There is a file called metadata.keychain which said was modified on Jan 16 which was the day ,y problems began do you think that has anything to do with it?

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Jan 25, 2016 8:49 PM in response to vossyz
    Level 10 (208,037 points)
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    Jan 25, 2016 8:49 PM in response to vossyz

    Please back up all data before proceeding.

    Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:

    ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.iCloudHelper

    Right-click or control-click the line and select

              Services ▹ Reveal in Finder (or just Reveal)

    from the contextual menu.* A folder should open with an item selected. Quit the application if it's running. Move the selected item to the Trash. Relaunch the application and test.

    *If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination  command-C. In the Finder, select

              Go ▹ Go to Folder...

    from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You may not see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.